SALT LAKE CITY — For some, fishing may just be considered a recreational activity. But for Jennifer Boshard, fishing is her life.

“It's something I grew up with, and we did every other weekend, you know, that was our getaway,” she said.

There is a lack of female anglers in Utah, reflecting a larger representation issue nationwide.

Faith Heaton Jolley, Spokesperson for the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, said there is one reason that outshines all the others.

“There is kind of that lack of representation, right? They feel underrepresented, and they just don't see themselves, maybe in the sport,” she said.

Boshard said she was excited to compete in a women’s fishing tournament in Utah back in May, but because there weren’t enough female anglers, that tournament was canceled.

“It w

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